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Shirty in a sentence

Shirty meaning

Ill-tempered or annoyed.

Synonyms of Shirty

snorty ill-natured

Related words

Other words often associated with Shirty or its synonyms:

bristly irascible bilious crotchety splenetic liverish choleric cantankerous prickly hotheaded dyspeptic ornery

Using Shirty

  • The main meaning on this page is: Ill-tempered or annoyed.
  • Useful related words include: snorty, ill-natured.

Context around Shirty

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

getting 1×

Often after:

sheep 1× off 1×

Sentence patterns with Shirty

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as her shirty sheep farming 1× is getting shirty off the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and nicola walker 1× cabral is booked 1×

Common sentence endings:

an unfair manner 1× farming stepsister gillian 1×

Words around Shirty

Just before it in the word index:

shirtwaist 7 shirtsleeves 2 shirts 1.141 shirtliff 4 shirtless 139 shirted 12

Just after it in the word index:

shiru 3 shirur 5 shirvo 2 shiseido 9 shiselweni 2 shish 11

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Shirty

  • In this selection, "shirty" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, getting, sheep and off stand out and add context to how "shirty" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as her shirty sheep farming and is getting shirty off the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shirty" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shirty

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

And Nicola Walker shines, too, as her shirty, sheep-farming stepsister Gillian. (12 words)

Cabral is booked for a foul, Xhaka is getting shirty off the ball with Coates, presumably to do with closing down Leno in an unfair manner. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

Cabral is booked for a foul, Xhaka is getting shirty off the ball with Coates, presumably to do with closing down Leno in an unfair manner. (26 words)

And Nicola Walker shines, too, as her shirty, sheep-farming stepsister Gillian. (12 words)

Example sentences (2)

And Nicola Walker shines, too, as her shirty, sheep-farming stepsister Gillian.

Cabral is booked for a foul, Xhaka is getting shirty off the ball with Coates, presumably to do with closing down Leno in an unfair manner.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shirty" in a sentence?
An example: "And Nicola Walker shines, too, as her shirty, sheep-farming stepsister Gillian." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "shirty" from authentic English texts.
What does "shirty" mean?
Shirty means: Ill-tempered or annoyed.
What are synonyms of "shirty"?
Common synonyms of "shirty" include: snorty, ill-natured.
How many example sentences with "shirty" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "shirty", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.